Red Raccoon Radio

Jamie and John dive a little deep into how Wizards is trying to make D&D's new edition not really a next edition, what the new Magic Foundations packs will bring to the table, and a bit of history on why a beloved Star Wars skirmish game was left to wither on the vine. 

Creator of Boop and Hues and Cues Scott Brady joins Jamie and John to talk about how he found himself developing award winning games, navigating Covid while designing, collaborating to find success, and plans for future games you'll see on the shelves soon!

Jamie and John discuss the selling of Privateer's Press's Warmachine, Roll 20 absorbing Demiplane, and why Wizard needs AI jobs. 

Alexis and Jamie regal John with their adventures in games and meat at a recent trade show before we get into how the FBI had to take down Pokemon counterfeiters and finish up with a new company trying to get into the card selling game online. 

Jamie, John, and Rian gather to speak on the latest news from everyone's favorite D&D actual play and also tries to give financial advice regarding GameStop. 

John tries to explain Hatsune Miku's existence to Jamie before talking about Warhammer's CFO trying to avoid some gaslighting heresy, Wizard of the Coast CEO stepping down, and Embracer groups breakdown and how it's leaving it's board game division holding the bag. 

Jamie and John sit and talk about how excited we are for a Werewolves of Miller's Hallow Netflix series, Star Wars is a great game suffering under bad history, and Dimension 20 sold out...Madison Square Garden!

Jamie and Rian sit down with John to talk about how Larian is trying to take some jabs at big company ethics, Lorcana is getting a co-op moe, and Jamie continues his dragon collection, this time in Lego form.    And if you stay after the episode, you might get a Red Raccoon Nightsssss, reviewing the new Ghostbusters film, Fallen Empire. Warning, it's chock full of spoilers. 

Red Raccoon Radio is proud to have a very special guest on this episode, Jamie Mathy! Jamie talks with John about the GAMA trade show, the award he won on behalf of the store, and some other interesting tidbits that came out of it.  Also, new mixing board shenanigans!

Ariel, Jesse, and John take a deep dive into RPG books that are just fun to read after sharing their opinions on Dune!

Jamie, Alexis, and John, (with a guest appearance of Kelly) talk about how Wizards is finally releasing what was to be D&D 1, but has killed off the Joe Lemoncello Dragonlance tv show, and we find comfort in know powerwash simulator is going to start including some very gruesome DLC. 

Jamie, Jesse, and John sit down to talk about why in the world D&D would ever be sold, how CMON is rescuing games like a superhero, and how Jamie is a real boy. 

Jamie and John (and a bit of Kelly) look at the new Clue based Ravnica game, then put their sleuthing skills to figuring out the new Betrayal at the House on the Hill game and if the new Spelljammer novel will be any good. 

John and Jamie take a night off...but still include you. We talk about all the geeky things we're looking forward to in 2024. 

We have a full crew with Jamie, Alexis, Ariel, and John all around the table talking about Amazon getting their Rouge Trader contracts signed to bring 40K to life, talking about how some game stores have such different cultures, and doing a quick run down of fun worlds to make your friends play through. 

Rian, Jamie, and John come together to talk about yet another board game award collection, talk about D&D's leaked new books, and how Gordan Ramsey should LARP!

It's just John and Jamie as the holidays heat up, and with it comes new that Brandon Sanderson is getting his books into more games, Chris Pine is giving hope to his campaign continue, and we just sit and talk about how great Matthew Lillard is doing right now.

Rian and John let Jamie have his own mic again as they talk about Ticket to Ride's legacy version, Hasbro's investor call fallout, and how Diablo is making the jump to an RPG...again?!

Sorry everyone, we were happy to have Rian with us today, but I totally forgot to turn on Jamie's mic. Luckily, Jamie is Jamie, so you should be okay in hearing him.  What you should be able to hear is that Marvel is coming to MTG, Pathfinder is raising it's prices, and John rambles on about an RPG he's never even seen. 

Jamie's big scoop seems to be going nowhere with Netflix canceling Rebel Moon's RPG, Wizards new distribution models may be a sign of things to come, and how you can start your own Baulder's Gate 3 campaign with all the fixings!

John has a quick note of thanks to the listeners and a little update on our schedule

John exposes Jamie's reliance on AI, while also looking at the upcoming collab between Zombiecide and DCeased, and both find themselves down a rabbit hole of locara hidden stories... Dceased Zombiecide  Jurassic World set coming to Magic the Gathering Lorcana Lore Dump

Jamie and John gather up to talk about Wingspan's developer's follow up title, how Mechwarrior's Catalyst Games is making move outside of giant robots, a follow story on the Gencon theft, and we recognize a little of the amazing life of Sheldon Menery. 

Our first celebrity guest Ben sits down with Jamie and John, providing expert knowledge as both a board game developer as well as working in board game manufacturing. Then together, we discuss Asmodee's owner Embracer group experiencing a massive financial fallout and how Lorcana current pricing might not be as outrageous as some people say.

Hey Everyone! Jamie is back from Gencon, and tells us all about the things that tickled his fancy that he plans on bringing to the store.  Ben's interview is next week, and there is still plenty of time to send in questions!